A/n: ch 3. im sorry for the slow updates i have excuses but im not going to use them because really this should have been up way before now. i'd like to thank everyone for all the story alerts and reviews i have been getting, i do appreciate them and read them, i'll try to reply to all reviews i get promise.

There actually is more to this chapter quite a bit more but i wanted you to all know i was alive so i thought i'd post this and when i get the chance i will type up the rest and put it in a new ch.


"Why the hell isn't Reno back yet Tseng?" roared an irate President Rufus. After all the mission had been a joke rleally. he had sent Reno to the crater for piece of mind and nothing more. He was positive Reno wouldn't find anything. If he did happen to run into those gang members he was confident the redhead could take them out. Really he was killing to birds with one stone, or so he had thought anyways.

"Sir, we lost communications with Reno, about six hours ago. we assumed it was interference from wheather in the area. Now I'm thinking it could have been something more sinister" Tseng replied.

"Try calling his phone. With the limited number of Turks that I have I can't stand to lose my best field agent." Rufus said calmly.

"Yes Sir" Tseng said sullenly. Really he was head Turk,that automatically made him the best field agent in his mind. It also meant he was the best at well, everything. Of course this was just his ego but that didn't matter to him. "It's just because Rufus has a thing for Reno" Tseng muttered tryign to make himself feel better.

"What was that?" Rufus asked his eyes narrowing into slits.

"I said I'll get right on it" Tseng replied as he scurried off to make the phone call.

One ring, two rings, on the third ring someone picked up. "Reno, I don't know what the hell you're doing but you need to get your ass back here now! The PResident isn't happy, Furthermore..."Tseng began ranting at the person on the other line.

"Reno? so that's the redheads name? Now I wonder why he couldn't of told me himself, would have saved me some trouble." came the silky reply.

Tseng stopped mid rant when he heard a voice other than Reno's come across the line. "Whose this?" He asked cautiously.

"Kadaj and you are?" asked Kadaj in a friendly tone.

"Tseng head of the Turks. I demand to talk to my subordinate immediatly" commanded Tseng.

"Tsk, tsk, is that how you speak to the man who has your subordinates life in his hands?" Kadaj asked rather amusedly.

"I have no use for subordinates who get themselves caught." Tseng yelled into the phone and then hung up. 'Good if he's gone and got himself caught that means we have no use for him and we'll just leave him to his death.' Tseng thought evilly.

Tseng marched right back to Rufus's office door and after knocking, he entered. "Sir it appear as though Reno, has been taken captive. I'm assuming by the gang we heard about in the northern cave. when I called Reno's cell one of them answered and I assured them that we don't bargain for the life of a single Turk. I will have Reno put on the inactive list immediatly." Tseng reported with a small gleam in his eye. Surely he would be Rufus's favorite now.

"You handled a hostage situation without even informing me there was one? Did it ever occur to you that i just might want to be informed of this, and that I might just place my subordinates lives above money? I regard each of your lives as highly valuable! You will get this guy back on the line this instant understand!" Rufus shouted.

"Yes Sir!" Tseng said dejectedly. meanwhile he was thinking 'Please let them of already killed the redheaded menace.'